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Design wall Monday 9/28/2015

This is what I'm working on. It's not my usual thing. My DSIL had the heavy batik panels / figures and asked me to make a donation quilt out of them. I'm not an art quilter, so this was hard for me. It is now on Black Bart being quilted. The fabrics used in it are almost all African in origin. It is different to work with such low thread count fabric. Go to Judy's designwall to see more fun things.
Happy quilting,
Becky

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